Appointment of Alternate Director

ANZ
Bank New Zealand Limited (ANZ NZ) announced today that ANZ
NZ Director, Mike Smith, has appointed Nigel Williams as his
Alternate Director.

The appointment is effective from
today and has been approved by the Reserve Bank of New
Zealand.

Mr Williams is Chief Risk Officer for the
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and former
Managing Director, Institutional, Australia. Prior to
joining ANZ in Australia he worked for ANZ National Bank of
New Zealand and Southpac in New Zealand.

A graduate of
Otago University, he is a former Director of NZX Limited,
E*TRADE Australia Limited and Australian Financial Markets
Association, and a past Board member of INFINZ. He is a
member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, and in
2009 was awarded a fellow of INFINZ. He was a member of New
Zealand’s 2008 Capital Market Development Taskforce.

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